For Somalia, Temporary Protected Status has become a designation lasting over three decades. Until President Trump and Kristi Noem's actions.
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The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to "re-examine thousands of refugee cases."
The Trump administration has spent weeks focusing on the Somali population in Minnesota with a fraud investigation and federal agent surge.
Somalia was initially designated for TPS in 1991.
Sadiq Daud, a Somali man, told the outlet, 'They just showed up, spraying people and this is not good. Everybody is scared. They are scared for their life.'
President Donald Trump's administration is ending temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia. That's according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: 'Further, allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests.'
Noem claims conditions have improved in east African country so Somalis no longer qualify for legal protections ...
The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status, or TPS, for Somalians, a move that will effect thousands.
DHS Secretary Noem decided that "allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests."